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Critical Joint Meeting of City Councils

Planning for Rising Waters

Save Palo Alto’s Groundwater and the City of Palo Altoare pleased to present Planning for Rising Waters:Sea Level, Ground Water and the Bay Edge Dr. Kristina HillAssoc. Professor, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning and Urban Design, U.C. Berkeley...

Keep the Downtown Cap

Comp Plan, Featured, Government Issues

This coming Monday, the City Council will consider the repeal and elimination of the Downtown Commercial Cap (officially known as the Non-Residential Square Footage Cap), which sets specific limits on the level of office & hotel growth in the downtown...

Proposed City Law Threatens Housing and Renters

Comp Plan, Editorials, Featured, Government Issues

All Palo Altans should urge the Planning and Transportation Commission to reject a controversial staff proposal that would make it easier for Downtown residences such as the President Hotel Apartments at 488 University to become hotels or offices. Scheduled for...

Eliminating President Hotel Housing

Comp Plan, Featured, Government Issues

Although providing more housing is a Council priority, Palo Alto’s City Council plans to vote this Monday instead on possibly eliminating 75 small Downtown apartment units by changing a law to help the new owners of the President Hotel Apartments convert it into...

Stanford GUP Community Input Meeting

Featured, Government Issues, Stanford Universtiy

Critical Event County Supervisors’ Community Meeting Stanford General Use Plan (GUP) Thursday, November 29th 6:30 p.m. Palo Alto City Council Chambers County Supervisors’ Joe Simitian and Cindy Chavez With Stanford University proposing a major expansion...